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decides to engage militarily similar as as israel's decided well i hope the united states doesn't get involved i think would be a very bad idea the president obama has said there will be no american boots on the ground which at least is something america's no major strategic interests in syria what worries me a two things number one the most the priority for american relations to it should be do a void a direct confrontation with russia and particularly over a place like syria that has no great importance to nuclear armed powers cannot be in a confrontation and secondly i covered the civil war in lebanon from one nine hundred seventy five to one thousand nine hundred ninety and it was a nightmare it was all show the whole country broke up into little armed gangs who were massacring each other and this is what's going to happen in syria already well on the way it's something we all should do to our best to prevent i agree i mean i think no one's going to come out as a winner in this situation it's just going to as tension asked hostility in the region but also makes me realize that ter
decides to engage militarily similar as as israel's decided well i hope the united states doesn't get involved i think would be a very bad idea the president obama has said there will be no american boots on the ground which at least is something america's no major strategic interests in syria what worries me a two things number one the most the priority for american relations to it should be do a void a direct confrontation with russia and particularly over a place like syria that has no great...
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apparently in the obama administration that is looking for some sort of diplomatic resolution of this i think these are two tracks that are going on at the same time as to whether or not this indicates that the u.s. and turkey are going for more direct intervention i think it's a little early to say that but it's certainly the timing here is is very suspicious and of course there is one other woman and that is many people who warned that the disavowal war had the potential to spill over into other areas of the middle east that prediction is coming very true right person your thoughts on the subject dr colligan contributed contributing editor for foreign up policy in focus thank you very much for being with us here on r.t. thank you for having me. now tension continues to rise in libya the u.s. and the u.k. have announced they are withdrawing some staff from their embassies with the pentagon putting its of european forces on alert later in the program. and accounting is under way in pakistan's general election which will mark the country's first democratic transition between civilian g
apparently in the obama administration that is looking for some sort of diplomatic resolution of this i think these are two tracks that are going on at the same time as to whether or not this indicates that the u.s. and turkey are going for more direct intervention i think it's a little early to say that but it's certainly the timing here is is very suspicious and of course there is one other woman and that is many people who warned that the disavowal war had the potential to spill over into...
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in the midst of this we have not heard from obama's national security chief, tom donely. do you expect him to come forward to explain what he knows about this attack? >> again i think we will have some more hearings in the government oversight and reform committee. we now know what happened. we thousand need to find out why it happened. who made the bad decisions? >> do you need to hear from him? and what do you expect that he might say? >> listen, if i were writing the witness list he would be on there. >> and why would he be on the witness list, sir? >> i want to ask the questions who was involved and why was this done? he is possibly somebody that would have information. we are going to get -- we are going to do our homework and then get the right witnesses to ask those questions. >> congressman, as you know this could go on and on. the bottom line is and we have to keep this in mind amid all of the questions being asked about what happened, four brave americans are dead in service to their country. what steps should now be taken to be sure that better security measure
in the midst of this we have not heard from obama's national security chief, tom donely. do you expect him to come forward to explain what he knows about this attack? >> again i think we will have some more hearings in the government oversight and reform committee. we now know what happened. we thousand need to find out why it happened. who made the bad decisions? >> do you need to hear from him? and what do you expect that he might say? >> listen, if i were writing the...
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that was not just in the state department. >> the standard shows that general david petera us and it was in he was expressing frustration at the obama removal of the al-qaeda from the talking points. >> i respect the people who spoke up in the course of the hearings. they were there and they felt the horror of the terror attack. terse terrorist. it is a prolonged process that doesn't tell us anything new about the attacks. nthere is 12 versions. they lessed the many instances when the agent issued warnings about the condition of benghazi, the state department spokes woman e-mailed colleagues to say it could be used boy congress to beat up the state department. why would we want to feed that either? concerned. and the documents show cull paability to ansar al-sharia, she is not a e-mail warning. we don't want to bridge disthe investigation. and a national security official told newleft-hand that the fbi didn't have concerns and offered only minor suggestions. now land said the building leadership. they decloined to say who was in mind. >> i can't say who is referred to. but in general
that was not just in the state department. >> the standard shows that general david petera us and it was in he was expressing frustration at the obama removal of the al-qaeda from the talking points. >> i respect the people who spoke up in the course of the hearings. they were there and they felt the horror of the terror attack. terse terrorist. it is a prolonged process that doesn't tell us anything new about the attacks. nthere is 12 versions. they lessed the many instances when...
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they include officers from california, new york, wisconsin, iowa, as well as resident obama 's home state -- illinois. >> c-span of life this morning and he east room of the white house. expecting president obama -- a few minutes late, as he gets ready to honor the police organization's top cops. those are the outstanding members of law-enforcement that are coming from across the country. they have been nominated for their fellow -- by their fellow officers. just to let you know, on the president's schedule, he will be meeting with reddish prime minister david cameron monday at the white house. he will be in new york monday night. a marke will be making wednesday at the national peace officers memorial. they'll be honoring officers who have been killed in the line of duty. thursday, prime minister kirby will meet president obama at the white house. friday, president obama will be in baltimore talking about the middle class, jobs, and the economy. this morning, honoring the top cops who have been nominated by the national association of police organizations. >> expecting president obama he
they include officers from california, new york, wisconsin, iowa, as well as resident obama 's home state -- illinois. >> c-span of life this morning and he east room of the white house. expecting president obama -- a few minutes late, as he gets ready to honor the police organization's top cops. those are the outstanding members of law-enforcement that are coming from across the country. they have been nominated for their fellow -- by their fellow officers. just to let you know, on the...
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appointments from being considered with an up or down vote on the floor of the united states senate. madam chair, i remember very vividly, when we had the nuclear option that was being considered and we had senators who got together and said we don't want this to happen. we want to act like the senate and do it constitutional responsibility. we're seeing it employed by the republicans today in a different way. by using -- not showing up to committee hearing as a way to block the constitutional responsibilities that we have as senators, to take up nominations and to vote on nominations. this is wrong. and you want to know why some of us are going to be in favor of reforming the rules of the senate? because of abuses like this. we see the republicans deploying every day. we have a responsibility to make sure that we carry out our responsibility, madam chair, we're going do it. we're not going to let today's failure of republicans to show up on this committee to block the responsibilities we have as senators. >> thank you, senator. senator sanders, i'm going to put in the record gina mc
appointments from being considered with an up or down vote on the floor of the united states senate. madam chair, i remember very vividly, when we had the nuclear option that was being considered and we had senators who got together and said we don't want this to happen. we want to act like the senate and do it constitutional responsibility. we're seeing it employed by the republicans today in a different way. by using -- not showing up to committee hearing as a way to block the constitutional...
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winners come from ten states. they include officers who responded to last year's shooting at a sikh temple in wisconsin. >>> this evening michelle obama is scheduled to deliver the commencement speech at eastern kentucky university. she'll be addressing graduates of the college of education and the college of business and technology. next week the first lady is slated to speak to graduate the as bowie state university in maryland and martin luther king jr. high school in nashville. >>> prince harry is in denver making another stop on his tour of america. the british royal will be attending the warrior games as sports competition for those who have been injured in combat. athletes at the events represent troops from the americas as well as the british armed forces. prince harry, as you may recall, served with nato troops in afghanistan. later this morning, nasa astronauts leave the international space station for an emergency space walk. they're trying to fix an ammonia leak. this is something they noticed on thurs
winners come from ten states. they include officers who responded to last year's shooting at a sikh temple in wisconsin. >>> this evening michelle obama is scheduled to deliver the commencement speech at eastern kentucky university. she'll be addressing graduates of the college of education and the college of business and technology. next week the first lady is slated to speak to graduate the as bowie state university in maryland and martin luther king jr. high school in nashville....
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compound in benghazi has opened up the field for a host of attacks on the obama administration. cnn sources say e-mails show the white house and the state department were actually more involved than they first said they were, in that decision to remove an initial cia assessment that said a group with ties to al qaeda was involved. our athena jones is live for us at the white house. athena, tell us a little more about the e-mails, and what did they tell us that we didn't know before? >> as you mentioned, we know now that there were multiple discussions going on between the white house, the cia, the fbi, the state department, and the justice department over just what should be revealed. first, to congress, this came from a request from congress in terms of these talking points. but ultimately they were the talking points given to u.n. ambassador susan rice who went on five sunday talk shows just days after the attacks and blamed them on violence over a video that offended islam. now, republican critics are alleging this is political, that these talking points left out this initial
compound in benghazi has opened up the field for a host of attacks on the obama administration. cnn sources say e-mails show the white house and the state department were actually more involved than they first said they were, in that decision to remove an initial cia assessment that said a group with ties to al qaeda was involved. our athena jones is live for us at the white house. athena, tell us a little more about the e-mails, and what did they tell us that we didn't know before? >> as...
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it is a problem -- the states that have stronger pension systems generally have other constitutional requirements to prefund them or pay as you go to do things to avoid those long-term liabilities. if we don't fix this, what this ill mean is our successors won't have any money money for roads or schools. that's what you're taking from. we're taking it from the next generation. but the big, big point i think is you have got to have structural changes. we fool ourselfs into thinking, it didn't get any better when there was a republican majority in congress. you to have structural changes to force them to make the hard decisions. i think if you do that, it is doable. phil graham was on our commission. he still talks about the magic of come pound interest. if you shave a half percentage off every year, it accumulates. we do the -- right now we give them little incentive for long-term savings. so a five or 10-year speshtive. band ave band aid after aid and never get to the root of the problem. >> thank you. >> they do great work. great people. >> nice meeting you. thank you for your time.
it is a problem -- the states that have stronger pension systems generally have other constitutional requirements to prefund them or pay as you go to do things to avoid those long-term liabilities. if we don't fix this, what this ill mean is our successors won't have any money money for roads or schools. that's what you're taking from. we're taking it from the next generation. but the big, big point i think is you have got to have structural changes. we fool ourselfs into thinking, it didn't...